London
(ANI):
Greek
singer
Nana
Mouskouri
is
offering
the
country
her
pension
she
gets
as
a
former
member
of
the
European
parliament
in
a
bid
to
tackle
its
massive
debt.
Mouskouri,
who
recorded
1,500
songs
during
a
career
spanning
half
a
century,
served
as
a
member
of
the
European
parliament
for
five
years
in
the
1990s.
And
she
draws
a
pension
of
around
14,700
pounds
from
Brussels
each
year.
The
diva
said
that
she
would
donate
her
pension
"until
the
country
emerges
from
the
economic
crisis." Mouskouri
told
the
Eleftherotypia
daily
newspaper
that
she
was
upset
by
the
way
Greece
had
been
portrayed
around
the
world.
"I
do
not
want
Greece
to
be
treated
like
a
cancer,"
the
Telegraph
quoted
her
as
saying.